Element Fleet Management announced that David Denison joined its Board of Directors and will assume the role of chairman on January 1, 2019. Denison brings a wealth of experience in corporate governance and a distinguished track record as a leader.

Denison currently serves as a director and head of the audit committee at Royal Bank of Canada, North America’s fifth-largest bank, and a director and head of the pension fund committee at BCE, Canada’s largest telecommunications provider. Earlier in his career, he was president and Chief Executive Officer of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which manages one of the world’s largest pension funds.

Denison will succeed Chairman Brian Tobin, who will depart at year end, as previously announced. “David’s expertise and experience in management and in the boardroom strengthens and deepens Element’s governance,” Tobin said. “His insights and advice will be invaluable as the company positions itself for the future by executing on its new strategic plan.”

“Element is a global industry leader with a strong foundation and a bright future, and I’m pleased to have the opportunity to help steward the company on behalf of shareholders and all stakeholders,” Denison said.

Denison is a corporate director with extensive experience in the financial services industry. He served as president and chief executive officer of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board from 2005 to
2012. Prior to that, Denison was President of Fidelity Investments Canada Limited. He has also held a number of senior positions in the investment banking, asset management and consulting sectors in Canada, the United States and Europe. Denison serves as a director of the Royal Bank of Canada and BCE Inc. He is also a member of the Investment Board and International Advisory Committee of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, the International Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation, and co-chairs the University of Toronto Investment Committee. Denison was a past Chair of Hydro One Limited, Bentall Kennedy, The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance and Bridgepoint Hospital, vice-chair of Sinai Health System, and a director of York University, The United Way of Greater Toronto, the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and the Canadian Opera Company.